Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 201147 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE20 (5.19g, 12h). Head of wreathed Dionysos right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Kentaur Chiron trotting right, lyra in left hand; monogram to right. Green-brown patina, small corrosion spots, aEF/EF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1145 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Seal between two fish swimming in different directions; pellet behind / Rough incuse square. Exceptionally rare. VF. This puzzling issue was earlier attributed to both Cyzicus and Macedonia. However, due to weakly struck examples, the seal between the fish has never been recognized before ("an oval object between two pellets" and the like). The weight standard is clearly Phocaean and not Milesian, so unlikely to have been used in Northern Greece. Kolophon (BC 389-350) Drachm1144 viewsca 389-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.66g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre of five strings, ΚΟΛOΦΩ to left, ΙΗΝΗΣ (magistrate) to right. Rare. Attractively toned and of beautiful style. EF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 79 (2/1994), lot 331, and from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sotheby & Co., Zurich (4/1973), lot 559, and J. Ward, 667. Chios (BC 520-480) Didrachm1144 viewsca 480-460 BC. AR Didrachm (7.88g, 19mm). Sphinx seated left with open wings, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Slight weakness on obv. Good very fine. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol1144 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.78g). Head of griffin left / Incuse punch. Good VF, toned and slightly granular surfaces. Stratonikeia (AD 0-200) AE 241143 views1st-2nd cent AD. AE24 (7.15g). CTRATONI-KEWN, Zeus Panamaros, radiate with sceptre over shoulder, on horseback right / YHFICAMENOU FLAUBIOU DIOMH DOUC, Hekate, with veil billowing overhead, seated side-saddle on a lion, radiate with a dog's tail, running left. EF, attractive olive green patina with a dusting of light earthen encrustation, unusually well struck for this issue. Sinope (BC 85-65) AE 221143 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.58g). Gorgoneion surrounded by aegis / Nike walking right. Good VF, dark brown patina. Persian Kings (BC 520-510) 1/12 Siglos1143 viewsTime of Darios I, ca 520/15-500/490 BC. AR 1/12 Siglos (0.86g, 9mm). Kroiseid type. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse punch. Very fine. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 var - EL 1/6 Stater1143 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with seal / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished with seal on helmet. Good VF, light mark on cheek. Apparently unique. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B911142 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod tied with filet in linear square. Good VF. Kalchedon (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm1142 viewslate 5th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.28g). Male head left / Four-spoked wheel. Toned VF, slight double striking. Rare. Mallos (BC 440-390) Obol1142 viewsca 440-390 BC. AR Obol (0.86g, 7mm, 11h). Bearded janiform head / Swan standing left; lotus to left, monogram to right. VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1139 viewsca 80-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.63g, 1h). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at her shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right with spread wings, bunch of grapes to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΦΕΡΕΝΙΚΟΥ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. Beautifully toned. Good very fine. From the collections of H.S. von Aulock, R. Jameson, and Consul E. Weber (Hirsch XXI, 11/1908, lot 2534). Trapezos (BC 350-330) 1/4 Drachm1139 views4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.50g). Bearded male head left within circular dotted border / ΤΡΑ, table, T below, all within circular incuse. EF. Ex Jameson Collection No. 2545. The table (τρaπεζα) is the badge of Trapezos. Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm1138 viewsca 320-280 BC. AR Drachm (2.37g). Kephalos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; club in wreath to left, ABY above; ΚΕΦΑΛΟΥ to right above. VF-EF.1 comments Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B341137 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 11mm). Head of Silenos facing slightly right / Incuse archaic head of lion left. EF. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 111136 viewsafter 350 BC. AE11 (1.51g). Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Zeus, slightly right / Eagle standing left on pediment. VF, glossy brown patina under light earthen encrustation. Rare. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater1135 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Drachm (4.14g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left, EKA above / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Toned EF. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Hemidrachm - Vespasian1133 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.77g). Laureate head right, AYTOKP CAP OYECΠΑCIANOC CEBA, Nike advancing right, holding wreath. Very fine. Adramytteion (AD 98-192) AE 221133 viewsAntonine Period, 98-192 AD. AE22 (4.05g). AΔPAMY THN[ΩN], head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / CTPA TΩN ΠEPI A KAI KAΠIΩNA, Demeter seated left on cippus, grain ear and poppy head in right, scepter cradled in left. Very rare. Nice very fine. Aspendos (BC 400-370) Stater1133 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.96g, 6h). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right; three counterstamps around: (1) griffin left in incuse square; (2) bearded head right wearing petasos in incuse circle; (3) boar left in incuse oval. VF, attractive cabinet tone. Ex Clain-Stefanelli Coll. [Demarete Coll.] Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol1132 viewsearly 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Head of ram right / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm1132 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (6.07g, 16mm). Head of sea eagle left, dolphin left below / Quadripartite pattern, opposite quadrants incuse and granulated. EF, well centered and exceptional for this issue. Virtually unimprovavble and perhaps the finest known of the type. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B371132 viewsc. 440-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of aged satyr facing right, wearing a taenia / Two confronted heads of rams, palmette in upper field, the whole in framed incuse square. Obverse struck in high relief. EF/Good VF. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1131 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.62g). Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right / Double-axe; ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above, monogram and grape bunch to left, two pilei of the Dioskouroi to right; all within laurel wreath. Good VF. Very rare. Elaia (BC 400-300) Diobol1131 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (1.01g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet / ΕΛΑ in triangular inscription in olive wreath. VF. Very rare. Ilion (BC 300-200) Tetrobol1130 views3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.87g). Head of Athena right, wearing attic crested helmet / Archaic cult statue of Athena Ilias left, holding spear and distaff, rose to left. Light porosity, VF-EF. Extremely rare. Unpublished? Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B421130 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.80g). Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Owl standing facing with open wings within incuse square. Rare. Good very fine. Marion (BC 330-312) AV Triobol - Stasoikos1130 viewsStasoikos II, King of Marion, 330-312 BC. AV Triobol (2.02g). Head of Zeus left / Head of Aphrodite right, M[A] behind. VF. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1128 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Teos (BC 300) Didrachm1128 viewsca 300 BC. AR Didrachm (5.99g). Griffin seated right / Anakreon seated right, plucking a lyre; magistrate [ΠΡ]ΟΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ. Unpublished types. Nicely toned, good VF, strike a bit uneven on the obverse. Unique. This is the second known example of an Anakreon didrachm, the first being a coin that turned up last year with the magistrate's name Aristonax. The magistrate Prokleides also appears on a drachm that shares its obverse die with an Aristonax drachm (see CNG Auction 55, lot 519). Anakreon (fl. late 6th Century BC) was a lyric poet who was a native of Teos. This issue marks his first appearance on a coin, and in fact this is probably the first appearance of any poet on a coin. Anakreon continued to appear on coins from Teos down through Roman times. Smyrna (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius1128 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE19 (4.76g, 12h). Hieronymos, magistrate, under the proconsulship of Petronius. Struck 29-35 AD. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate head right / ZΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΙΕΡWΝΥΜΟC, garlanded flaming altar. VF, brown surfaces, deposits. Group CEM. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/31127 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.69g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented quadripartite incuse square. EF. Extremely rare. Apameia (BC 150-140) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1127 viewsca 150-140 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.73g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents; ΑΠΑ city monogram to L, elephant head to R. EF. Scarce. Philadelphia (AD 35-37) AE 16 - Tiberius Gemellus1127 viewsTiberius Gemellus(?), co-heir of Tiberius. AE16 (3.18g), struck ca 35-37 AD. TIBERION [CEBACTON], bare head of Tiberius Gemellus(?) right / N[EO]KEC"PEIC, winged thunderbolt. Dark green patina, gF. Extremely rare. Tiberius Gemellus, born 19 AD, was twin brother to Germanicus Gemellus. They were the sons of Livilla, sister of Germanicus and Claudius, and given to her husband Drusus, son of emperor Tiberius. However, it is probable that they were fathered by Sejanus, the ambitious prefect of Tiberius. During the last years of Tiberius' life, his options for an heir had narrowed to his only 'grandson' Tiberius Gemellus and his grandnephew Caligula. Both men were adopted as co-heirs in 35. However, when Tiberius died in 37, the prefect Macro declared Caligula the new emperor, as the two had prearranged. For appearances, Tiberius Gemellus was hailed princeps iuventutis, but within months was executed for treason. This portrait is especially important because it depicts him not as a child, but as a teen and heir to the throne. All coins from this issue share the same obverse die. Erythrai (BC 330-300) Drachm1126 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.61g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / EPY, club and bow case; owl to left, magistrate ΧΑΡΜΗΣ. Attractively toned, near EF. Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XVI (8/1991), lot 162; Numismatic Fine Arts IV (3/1977), lot 288; John Ward Collection - Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's - Zurich, 4/1973), lot 567. Ephesos (BC 390-325) Tetradrachm1126 viewsca 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.27g, 12h), struck ca 360-350 BC. Kallidamas, magistrate. Bee with straight wings / Forepart of stag right; palm tree to left, ΚΑΛΛΙΔΑΜΑΣ to right. VF, toned. Well struck. Rare magistrate. Sullivan Coll. Kos (BC 470-450) Triple-Siglos1125 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Triple Siglos (Persic) (16.43g). ΚΩΙΟΝ, nude athlete (diskobolos) standing right on his right leg, left leg crossing behind it, upper part of body bent to right, head turned left, both arms raised over his head, throwing large diskos with his right hand; tripod on ground line to left / Crab in dotted incuse square. Very rare. Bold representation of an athlete cought in action. Toned, gVF/EF. Ex W. H. Waddington coll. and ex duplicates of the Cabinet des Medailles de la Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Adramytteion (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus1125 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 - Medallion (28.05g, 6h). Aelius Reginus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Commodus right on horseback, raising hand; to right, soldier, holding shield and vexillum, standing left. Near EF, black-green patina, slight double strike on reverse. Extremely rare. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad1123 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.36g, 17mm, 12h). Head of female left, wearing ivy wreath, single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos flying right within shallow incuse square. Near EF, test cut on edge. Good style and sharp details. Ex Gorny & Mosch 151 (10/2006), lot 174. Naulochos (BC 350-340) AE 111121 viewsca 350-340 BC. AE11 (1.45g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / NAY, leaping dolphin within circular maeander pattern. Very rare. Slightly rough, very fine. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1120 viewsafter 175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.87g). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right with spread wings, bunch of grapes to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΑΡΤΕΜΩ/ΝΟΣ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. Nicely toned, aEF. Rare. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - satyr1120 viewsca 360-340 BC. AV Stater (8.42g). Head of female (!) satyr with pointed ear and flowing hair facing left, wearing ivy wreath, ear pendant and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos right. Highly unusual and extremely beautiful. Less than five recorded specimens. Good EF. Aigai (AD 41-48) AE 17 - Messalina1119 viewsMessalina, wife of Claudius. Augusta, 41-48 AD. AE17 (3.06g) Draped bust of Messalina right / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. Good VF, dark green patina with earthen encrustation. Rare portrait issue of Messalina in her own name. Ephesos (AD 0-100) AE 211119 views1st century AD. AE21 - Tesserae (5.87g). Stag kneeling left, head reverted / Bee. VF, dark green patina, mounted in a contemporary silver bezel which has been broken, most likely where a loop had been for suspension. A long series of tesserae, or tokens, was produced at the cult center of Ephesos during the Hellenistic period and later. The legends generally cannot be translated, and are probably for the most part meaningless mystical formulae. Amisos (BC 30-AD 14) AE1118 viewsTime of Augustus, 30 BC - 14 AD. AE (12.22g). Diademed female head right (Amisos?) / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm. Good VF, dark green patina. Kyme (BC 400-350) Obol1118 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Head of goat right / 8-petalled floral pattern, K-Y. EF. Very rare. (BC 130-112/0) Ariarathes VI - Drachm1118 viewsAriarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator, ca 130-112/0 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.18g, 12h). Mint C (Komana?). Diademed head right, wearing short beard / Athena standing left, holding wreath and palm; monograms to inner left and outer right, I in exergue. VF, lightly toned, a few light marks on obverse. Unpublished with bearded portrait. The standard depiction is of Athena Nikephoros, but here she holds a wreath and palm rather than Nike and spear. The Cappadocian warrior-goddess Enyo-Ma was their local version of Athena, and Mørkholm thought this rendition of Athena may have been more closely based on the standard depiction of this local goddess, whose temple was at Komana. This unusual depiction only occurred on Mørkholm's issues 3 and 4 at mint C, and he was uncertain of the underlying reason for its appearance. Mint C was apparently established during the reign of Ariarathes VI, most likely due to uncertain military necessities. Although the location of the mint at Komana is not certain, issues of this mint have a metrological affinity with those of mint A (Eusebia-Mazaka [Caesarea]), suggesting a location proximate to the latter. Kyme (BC 400-350) Hemiobol1117 viewsca 350 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33g, 7mm) Forepart of prancing horse right / Rosette. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater 1117 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena right; small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1117 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.71g). Sphinx, with ornamental tendril on her head and with her right forepaw raised, standing left on tunny fish Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely fine. Ex Hirsch 233 (2/2004), 1415. Mallos (AD 14-37) AE 20 - Tiberius(?)1116 viewsTiberius(?), 14-37 AD. AE20 (4.07g, 12h). Laureate head left / Nike advancing right, holding wreath; star above outstretched arm. VF, attractive green patina. One of only two cited in RPC. Ex Frederick Coll.; ex CNG Elec. Auc. 90, lot 226; Levante Coll. There is some disagreement as to which emperor this belongs. SNG Levante assigns it to Tiberius, while the authors of RPC tentatively place it under Caligula. Kaisareia (AD 98-117) Drachm - Trajan1115 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.36g, 7h), struck 98-99 AD. Laureate head right / Right hands clasped over military standard set on prow. VF, light porosity. Rare. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1115 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.51g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. EF. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 161114 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AE16 (4.76g) Laureate Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, [ΑΔΡΑ] above, grain ear below. good VF. Herakleia Pontika (BC 302-281) Didrachm1114 viewsca 302-281 BC. AR Didrachm (9.78g). Head of Herakles right / Dionysos sitting on throne left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑ[Ν] to right. Fine toning, EF. Rare. Sinope (BC 250) Didrachm1114 viewsafter 250 BC. AR Didrachm (8.16g). Turreted head of Nymph Sinope left; countermark: radiate head of Helios facing, ΣΙΝΟΠΕΩΝ around / [ΣΙ-Ν]Ο/B, Poseidon sitting on throne left, holding dolphin and trident; countermark: laureate head of horned Poseidon left. EF. Ex Lockett Auc. 2149 = SNG v. Aulock 6859. Phokaia (AD 244-249) AE 40 - Philip I1114 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE40 - Medallion (29.67g, 6h). Cl. Scribonianus, strategus. • A • K • MAP • IOV • • ΦIΛIΠΠOC •, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / • ЄΠ • CT KΛ • CKPЄI/• BωNIA/NOY • above, • ΦωKAIЄωN • in exergue, dog standing right, biting into a captured dolphin left with tail upturned. Good VF, brown patina. Extremely rare, one of two known (the other is in the BM). The enigmatic reverse type of this coin has defied any substantially conclusive explanation. Phocaea’s extant foundation mythology does not include this topos, and the civic badge was the seal, rather than the dolphin. To date, Head’s suggestion (HN, p. 590) seems the only explanatory attempt: the dog is a personification of the local river, the Smardos, rushing down to the sea, personified by the dolphin. Otherwise, the meaning of this scene is unknown. Attaleia (AD 100-300) AE1112 views2nd-3rd cent AD. AE (2.97g). Bust of Poseidon right / Athena standing left, holding prow of ship in hand. Light green patina, EF. Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm1112 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.57g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus left / KPΩMNA, head of Hera left, wearing elaborate stephane, crescent above; monogram below chin, star behind neck. EF, dark iridescent toning. Unpublished variety. Ex Garrett Coll. (Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 10/1984), lot 248. Amathos (BC 350) 1/3 Stater - Rhoikos1111 viewsRhoikos, King of Amathos, ca 350 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Tetrobol (2.18g). Head of lion right, in dotted circle / Forepart of lion right, head facing. EF. Adramytteion (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus1111 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (23.94g). [A]VT K[...]PT[...] - CЄOVHPOC ΠЄPT, laureate, drapped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI CTP ΛOVK-IO B [...] / AΔPAMYTH/ΩN, emperor riding horse over bound captive. Brown patina, VF. Kibyra Minor (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 191109 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE19 (6.18g). Conjoined heads of Dioskouroi right / Nike standing left, crowning trophy and holding taenia; countermark: male head right. Good VF, dark olive patina, lightly worn at high points. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5654. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B191109 viewsca 477-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Gorgoneion facing / Incuse head of Herakles wearing lion skin right. Cyprus Uncertain (BC 450) Stater1108 viewsca 450 BC. AR Stater (10.52g). Cow right suckling calf, eagle flying right, "ankh" in right field topped with owl's head / Bull standing right, plow above, owl's head below. Good VF. Extremely rare; one of only three known coins. Ex Geissener Muenzhandlung 44 (4/1989), lot 463. The examples of this coin are known: this piece, the Paris specimen, and one in a private collection (from Leu 50, lot 216). There is another coin in Paris from the Seyrig Collection which is stuck from the same dies, but in an earlier state, before the dies were recut to add the owl heads. Originally attributed to a Phoenician mint and later an uncertain Cilician mint, M. Amandry has since convincingly argued that the style does not fit the Sidonian origin and directs one to another coin (see Sternberg XVII, 180) possibly from the same obverse die, but with heavier recutting, that has a more Cypriote-appearing reverse. Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm1108 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.45g). Bull left, looking right; PA above, PI and patera beneath / Gorgoneion facing, surrounded by aegis. VF. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm1108 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.99g, 8h). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, panther standing right within incuse square. VF, porous. Unpublished, apparently unique. While the type is unpublished, cf. BMC Troas, p. 219, 1, for a drachm of Pordosilene with the same obverse type.1 comments Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol1107 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (0.66g). Eagle standing left; ABY to left, kylix to right / Gorgoneion in incuse square. VF. Rare. Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1106 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Diobol (1.10g). Janiform female head with circular earring / ΛΑΜ, helmeted head of Athena right. Nice VF. Soloi (BC 425-400) Stater1105 views425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.68g, 10h). Amazon kneeling left, holding bow, wearing quiver on left hip; facing satyr's head in right field, Λ in circle in exergue / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, grape cluster on vine; fly to right; all within incuse square. Superb EF, lightly toned. Exceptional and one of the finest known of the type. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/12 Stater1105 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hemihekte (). Head of Attis right, wearing ornamented Phrygian cap, [tunny fish below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely Rare - possibly only the third known specimen. Isinda (BC 100-0) AE 201104 viewsca 1st century BC. AE20 (7.23g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right; C to left, ΙΣΙΝ and coiled snake below. VF, brown patina, some tan high points. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/241104 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g, 7mm). Phocaic standard. Figural type. Lion seated right / Incuse square punch. EF. Extremely rare, the third, and finest, known. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1103 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club over shoulder, small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/12 Stater1103 viewsca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.13g). Milesian standard. Uncertain structure: Two broad parallel strings crossing four tresses / Incuse square with irregular surface. Missing in major references; possibly unpublished. EF.1 comments Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - EL 1/241102 views6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.55g). Lion's paw seen from above / Stellate pattern within incuse square. VF. Very rare. Pontos Uncertain (BC 30-1) AE 191102 viewsLate 1st cent BC. AE19 (8.65g, 12h). Bare male head right / Two figures sacrificing a pig; EETI[A] below. VF, black patina. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B351101 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right; ΛΕ behind neck / Confronted steer heads within incuse square. Good VF, well centered. Ex CNG 61 (9/2001), lot 665. Assos (BC 450-420) Obol1098 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Griffin seated left / Lion's head left, Α-Σ above, within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Very rare early issue. (BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Tetradrachm1098 viewsAriarathes IX, Eusebes Philopator, 101-87 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.24g). Dated Year 2 (100/99 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear, and shield; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, B (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned, small area of flatness on the obverse. Very rare. Drewry Coll.; ex CNG 54 (6/2000), lot 760. Pergamon (BC 19-18) Tetradrachm - Augustus1098 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.15g). Pergamum mint. Struck circa 19-18 BC. IMP IX TR PO IV, Bare head right / Hexastyle temple set on four-tiered base; COM-ASIAE, ROM ET AVGVST across entablature. EF. Dia (BC 120-63) AE 201098 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE20 (7.84g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt left, head right; monogram to left, ΔΙΑΣ below. Glossy black patina, gEF. Rare city. Gutknecht coll. Miletos (AD 37-41) AE 21 – Gaius (Caligula)1098 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE21 (6.34g). ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head right / ΜΙΛΗΣΙΩΝ, hexastyle temple. Black patina, VF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater1097 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; seal to right / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF. Aigai (AD 222-235) AE 50 - Severus Alexander1097 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE50 - Medallion (49.60g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple; cult statue within, Nike standing on apex. Unpublished. Nice VF, dark green and brown patina with a trace of red, some light smoothing in fields. Unique. Quite impressive and huge. Sardeis (AD 23-26) AE 27 - Germanicus and Drusus1097 viewsGermanicus and Drusus, Caesars, ca 23-26 AD. AE27 (12.14g), restruck ca 28-29 AD by Asinius Pollio, Proconsul. Drusus and Germanicus seated left in curule chairs / Legend in wreath; ΓΑΙΩ ΑΣΙΝΝΙΩ ΠΟΛΛΙΩΝΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ around (overstruck on original legend). VF, green patina, slightly rough surfaces. This interesting coin appears to be an original issue, but in actuality, it is an earlier issue that is restruck with two intricate 'countermarks.' These 'countermarks' were ring-shaped punch restrikings of the legends that surround the obverse and reverse designs. While the obverse 'countermark-legend' is the same as that which appeared on the original striking, the reverse legend, originally ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΚΛΕΩΝΟΣ ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΟΥ, has been totally replaced by a new 'countermark-legend.' Mallos (BC 425-400) Hemiobol1095 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Astragalos / "Ankh" symbol. Very fine.1 comments (BC 128-94) Nikomedes III - Tetradrachm1095 viewsNikomedes III, 128-94 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.83g, 12h), dated 177 BE (121/0 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, Zeus standing left, holding wreath in right hand, lotus tipped sceptre in left; to inner left, eagle on thunderbolt above monogram and ZOP (date). Good VF, lightly toned, broad flan. Rare variety, only one specimen cited by De Callatay. Cohen Coll.; ex New York Sale V (1/2003), lot 136. Thymbra (BC 330-300) AE 161095 views4th century BC. AE16 (2.64g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Θ-Î¥, torch within wreath. VF, dark green patina, rough areas on obverse, flan crack. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished.1 comments Tenedos (BC 525-470) Hemidrachm1093 viewsca 525-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.78g). Archaic janiform head, male on left, female on right (Zeus and Hera?), with necklace / TE NE NION (sic), double axe within dotted incuse square. Good VF, obverse with horn silver, typical light porosity, unusually well struck. The obverse is in very fine archaic style, while the reverse is badly blundered, with the mis-spelled ethnic inverted in relation to the type. A curious combination of dies, obviously produced by two workmen of vastly different skills. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol1093 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.21g). Facing head of bearded Silenos / Double incuse punch. VF, extremely rare. Unpublished? Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B861093 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 11mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Head of Hermes right, chlamys around shoulders and petasos behind neck, within linear frame. gEF. 41 examples known to Bodenstedt. Additionally, there appear to be the 58 additional examples that have come to auction – this being the 58th. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B101092 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Good VF, well centered. Very rare, only five examples noted by Bodenstedt. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 311092 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE31 (20.25g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / 8-rayed star; bow to left, ANT monogram and 2 other monograms below. Broad flan. VF/gVF, dark brown-green patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - AV 1/12 Stater1092 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AV 1/12 Stater - Obol (8mm, 0.67g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Laureate head of Apollo left / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped scepter, ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ to right. Pits and scratches, VF. Rare. Karl Coll. (BC 163-130) Ariarathes V - Drachm1092 viewsAriarathes V Eusebes Philopator, ca 163-130 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.33g, 12h). Mint A (Eusebeia-Mazaka). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; monograms to inner left and outer right, ΓΛ in exergue. Good VF, lightly toned. The attribution of much of the middle Cappadocian series has long been the subject of debate, primarily between B. Simonetta and O. Morkholm. Morkholm's attribtions appear to be more firmly grounded, particularly in hoard studies, and thus his conclusions that the earliest silver drachms are those of Ariarathes V and that the exergual letters on this series are not regnal dates are likely correct. As such, the latest studies and SNGs have attributed this portion of the series following his conclusions. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B19 - EL 1/6 Stater1092 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g, 11mm). Goat running left, seal above / Incuse punch with 3 fields. aEF. Very rare. Mallos (BC 385-333) Stater1091 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Stater (10.65g). Bearded head of Herakles right, lion's skin tied around neck / Head of Persian satrap right, wearing Persian headdress, ΜΑΛ to left. Nice EF, beautifully engraved dies. Ex the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's, 11/1972), lot 627; Montagu Collection (Sotheby, 3/1896), lot 657. Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm1091 viewsca 387-326 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.12g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of griffin left; ΑΓ monogram below. Good VF, minor porosity. Rare.1 comments Assos (BC 350) Drachm1091 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.12g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with olive wreath / Bucranium. Good VF, porous. Scarce. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 - 149